Use of unqualified staff

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Dear Bigyn Community Primary School, Carmarthenshire,

Please could you supply the following information-

For the week beginning November 13th 2017. The total number of lessons taught in the school for those five school days.

The total number of lessons where a qualified teacher was not present and unqualified staff were there during the lesson i.e., cover supervisors, teaching assistants. Please note this should NOT include any lessons taken by students on a teacher training course.

Yours faithfully,

Richard Knights

Dear Bigyn Community Primary School, Carmarthenshire,

Please could you respond to this request. I have asked for an internal review to give you more time.

Please note, it is a legal requirement to respond to Freedom of Information requests.

If there is a problem with retrieving information from the week of November 13th please use a more recent week.

Yours faithfully,

Richard Knights

Marc C. Howells, Bigyn Community Primary School, Carmarthenshire

Dear Richard,
At Bigyn Primary School all lessons are taught by qualified staff with
appropriate qualifications.
Regards,
Marc Howells.
Headteacher.

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From: "Ysgol Bigyn Admin" <[Bigyn Community Primary School, Carmarthenshire request email]>
To: "Marc Howells" <[email address]>
Sent: Monday, 18 December, 2017 10:25:16
Subject: Fwd: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - Use of
unqualified staff

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From: "Richard Knights" 
To: "admin" <[Bigyn Community Primary School, Carmarthenshire request email]>
Sent: Saturday, 16 December, 2017 06:54:00
Subject: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - Use of
unqualified staff
Dear Bigyn Community Primary School, Carmarthenshire,

Please could you respond to this request. I have asked for an internal
review to give you more time.

Please note, it is a legal requirement to respond to Freedom of
Information requests.

If there is a problem with retrieving information from the week of
November 13th please use a more recent week.

Yours faithfully,

Richard Knights

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Dear Marc C. Howells,

Please could you tell me total number of lessons and any lessons taken by staff without QTS.

Yours sincerely,

Richard Knights

Dear Marc C. Howells,

This request is now long overdue.

If you do respond by March 12th I will have to make a formal complaint.

https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/gui...

Please note, it is a legal requirement to respond to Freedom of Information requests.

Yours sincerely,

Richard Knights

Marc C. Howells, Bigyn Community Primary School, Carmarthenshire

Hello Richard,
I repeat my previous response:
Dear Richard,
 At Bigyn Primary School all lessons are taught by qualified staff with
 appropriate qualifications.
 Regards,
 Marc Howells.
 Headteacher.
If this answer in insufficient what extra details would you require?
Marc Howells

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From: "request-446631-a1da7514"
<[FOI #446631 email]>
To: "Marc C. Howells" <[email address]>
Sent: Friday, 16 February, 2018 07:59:17
Subject: Re: Fwd: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - Use
of unqualified staff
Dear Marc C. Howells,

This request is now long overdue.

If you do respond by March 12th I will have to make a formal complaint.

https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/gui...

Please note, it is a legal requirement to respond to Freedom of
Information requests.

Yours sincerely,

Richard Knights

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Dear Marc C. Howells,

We need to know the number of lessons taken by staff with QTS and the number of lessons taken by staff without QTS.

Yours sincerely,

Richard Knights

Marc C. Howells, Bigyn Community Primary School, Carmarthenshire

Good morning,
In Key Stage 2 all lessons are taken by staff with QTS - 80 lessons per
week.
In the Foundation Phase, only PPA sessions are not taken by staff with
QTS. These PPA sessions are covered by Level 3 LSAs. Therefore 72 out of
80 lessons in the Foundation Phase are covered by staff with QTS.
Regards,
Marc Howells

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From: "request-446631-a1da7514"
<[FOI #446631 email]>
To: "Marc C. Howells" <[email address]>
Sent: Sunday, 18 February, 2018 06:42:56
Subject: Re: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - Use of
unqualified staff
Dear Marc C. Howells,

We need to know the number of lessons taken by staff with QTS and the
number of lessons taken by staff without QTS.

Yours sincerely,

Richard Knights

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